Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...

Train 2522 is a hulking figure of rusting black metal, echoing back to its heyday when the train hauled tons of coal throughout the state. For more than half a century, children played on the train at ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

ASHLAND — The popular Coal Region Christmas Train — “The region’s one and only light-up Christmas train” — is chugging to its 2025 conclusion at Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine and Steam Train. It is ...

MACON, Ga. — A steam locomotive near downtown Macon is one step closer to being fixed up, but the county needs more money to fully restore it. Benny A Scott served as one of the first Black locomotive ...

After 50 years, the “Funeral Train” still haunts area railroad enthusiasts and anthracite mining historians. The train, consisting of a few aging cabooses and freight cars, pulled out of the Central ...

Cars are not crock pots. Try to cook with them, and you’ll end up with an inedible mess of petrochemicals, if not a slightly crispy Lamborghini. Trains however may be another matter, as YouTuber Mark ...

There’s no denying that while railroads have switched to diesel and electric as their primary power sources, there’s a certain allure to the age of steam. With that in mind, a group of Pennsylvania ...

A steam train built in 1937 is getting a makeover that will turn it into a “higher-speed” locomotive that runs on biocoal, a coal-like fuel made with woody plant material. When finished, the train ...